9/7/2020
Inside Line Promotions
Larson and Dover Top Talented Fields to Wrap Up Marquee Event at Huset’s Speedway With Victories
(Photo by Trent Gower Photography)
Inside Line Promotions – BRANDON, S.D. (Sept. 6, 2020) – Kyle Larson added another big win to his impressive 2020 racing résumé on Sunday evening at Huset’s Speedway, where he led the final 11 laps to capture the $20,000-to-win World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series victory.
It marked Larson’s ninth win of the season with the series – the most of any driver – and his first at the high-banked oval. Jack Dover was also victorious, capturing the Midwest Sprint Touring Series A Main for the second straight night.
“It’s definitely cool to get a win here,” Larson said. “I’m happy to get another Outlaw win.”
Giovanni Scelzi led the first 24 laps as Larson began to build steam in the final half of the 35-lap race. He advanced to third place just before a caution bunched up the field and allowed him to maneuver into the runner-up position during a restart on Lap 21. The ensuing restart on Lap 25 also worked in his favor as Larson rocketed into the lead from the bottom groove as Scelzi selected the outside lane for the double-file restart. It turned out to be the race-winning pass.
“The restarts weren’t working out for me early,” Larson said. “Gio shocked me taking the top. I think he made the right move choosing the top. I think he spun his tires. I was able to get a good run in the moisture.”
James McFadden was also strong on the late restarts. McFadden was running sixth on the restart when Larson took the lead. McFadden marched forward and he made the most of the final restart with three laps remaining, powering from fourth to second place.
“Early we struggled,” he said. “I just couldn’t get a good rhythm. I finally learned how to run the bottom.
“The track was fun. I think you just needed to capitalize when other people made a mistake.”
David Gravel rounded out the podium with a third-place showing.
“We want to win these races and Kyle is making us step up our game,” he said. “I think we had a good enough car to win. As the green flag (runs) went on we were just as good as anybody.”
Scelzi finished fourth and World of Outlaws points leader Brad Sweet advanced from 12th to fifth place.
Justin Henderson and Larson each set quick time in their group. Carson Macedo, Kerry Madsen, Larson and Scelzi were the heat race winners. Scelzi also claimed the dash victory. Logan Schuchart, who ranks second in the championship standings, won the Last Chance Showdown.
The Midwest Sprint Touring Series main event also showcased some exciting moments. Chris Graf led the first five laps before flipping in turn one to end his night early. Dover inherited the lead and outlasted the competition during two restarts in the final seven laps to score his second straight triumph.
“We got a new car here three weeks ago after a bad crash,” he said. “It’s a car I ran last year. I’m just trying to get in my comfort zone.
“When you have guys like Carson McCarl and Lee Grosz behind you you kinda get nervous. I’m really glad we were able to pull off two wins on the weekend.”
McCarl rallied from eighth to second place with Grosz holding off Hard Charger Award winner Clint Garner, who started 15th, for the final spot on the podium. Kaleb Johnson earned a fifth-place result.
Grosz, Graf and Eric Lutz each won a heat race.
The final event of the season for the revived Huset’s Speedway is Sept. 18-19 when the track hosts the DeKalb/Asgrow Power Series Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores featuring the Midwest Sprint Touring Series and the Midwest Power Series as well as RaceSaver Sprints.
RACE REPORT: HUSET’S SPEEDWAY IN BRANDON, S.D. (Sept. 6, 2020) –
WORLD OF OUTLAWS NOS ENERGY DRINK SPRINT CAR SERIES
NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Feature (35 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson (4); 2. 9-James McFadden (11); 3. 41-David Gravel (2); 4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi (1); 5. 49-Brad Sweet (12); 6. 2M-Kerry Madsen (3); 7. 41S-Dominic Scelzi (8); 8. 15-Donny Schatz (20); 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart (21); 10. 14-Parker Price Miller (6); 11. 11K-Kraig Kinser (16); 12. 44S-Trey Starks (15); 13. 7-Justin Henderson (17); 14. 83J-Lynton Jeffrey (7); 15. 2-Carson Macedo (5); 16. 1A-Jacob Allen (9); 17. 2C-Wayne Johnson (24); 18. 13-Sammy Swindell (23); 19. 17A-Austin McCarl (19); 20. (DNF) 17-Sheldon Haudenschild (10); 21. (DNF) 83-Daryn Pittman (18); 22. (DNF) 7S-Jason Sides (22); 23. (DNF) 19-Paige Polyak (13); 24. (DNF) 33M-Mason Daniel (14).
NOS Energy Drink Last Chance Showdown (12 Laps): 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart (1); 2. 7S-Jason Sides (3); 3. 13-Sammy Swindell (2); 4. 2C-Wayne Johnson (5); 5. 28-Scott Bogucki (8); 6. 3-Tim Kaeding (6); 7. 2KS-Matt Juhl (4); 8. 20A-Jordan Adams (7); 9. 35-Skylar Prochaska (10); 10. 14T-Tim Estenson (9); 11. 44-Chris Martin (12); 12. 11XS-Donovan Peterson (11); 13. 101-Chuck McGillivray (13); 14. 15M-Bobby Mincer (17); 15. 2K-Kevin Ingle (16); 16. (DNF) 6X-Frank Rogers (15); 17. (DNF) 6-Bill Rose (14).
DirtVision FastPass Dash (8 Laps): 1. 18-Giovanni Scelzi (2); 2. 41-David Gravel (1); 3. 2M-Kerry Madsen (3); 4. 57-Kyle Larson (4); 5. 2-Carson Macedo (6); 6. 14-Parker Price Miller (5); 7. 83J-Lynton Jeffrey (8); 8. 41S-Dominic Scelzi (7).
Drydene Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 2-Carson Macedo (2); 2. 41S-Dominic Scelzi (3); 3. 1A-Jacob Allen (4); 4. 19-Paige Polyak (7); 5. 7-Justin Henderson (1); 6. 7S-Jason Sides (6); 7. 20A-Jordan Adams (8); 8. 11XS-Donovan Peterson (10); 9. (DNF) 05-Colin Smith (9); 10. (DNS) 1S-Logan Schuchart.
Drydene Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 2M-Kerry Madsen (1); 2. 83J-Lynton Jeffrey (2); 3. 9-James McFadden (3); 4. 44S-Trey Starks (4); 5. 17A-Austin McCarl (5); 6. 2C-Wayne Johnson (6); 7. 14T-Tim Estenson (8); 8. 101-Chuck McGillivray (9); 9. (DNF) 2K-Kevin Ingle (7).
Drydene Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson (1); 2. 14-Parker Price Miller (2); 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild (3); 4. 33M-Mason Daniel (4); 5. 83-Daryn Pittman (7); 6. 2KS-Matt Juhl (6); 7. 13-Sammy Swindell (5); 8. 35-Skylar Prochaska (9); 9. (DNF) 6-Bill Rose (10); 10. (DNS) 24-Terry McCarl.
Drydene Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 18-Giovanni Scelzi (2); 2. 41-David Gravel (1); 3. 49-Brad Sweet (3); 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser (4); 5. 15-Donny Schatz (5); 6. 3-Tim Kaeding (6); 7. 28-Scott Bogucki (7); 8. 44-Chris Martin (9); 9. (DNF) 6X-Frank Rogers (10); 10. (DNF) 15M-Bobby Mincer (8).
NOS Energy Drink Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 7-Justin Henderson, 00:10.843 (13); 2. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 00:10.887 (10); 3. 2-Carson Macedo, 00:10.935 (2); 4. 83J-Lynton Jeffrey, 00:10.940 (5); 5. 41S-Dominic Scelzi, 00:10.943 (15); 6. 9-James McFadden, 00:10.945 (18); 7. 1A-Jacob Allen, 00:10.964 (1); 8. 44S-Trey Starks, 00:10.988 (19); 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 00:11.005 (12); 10. 17A-Austin McCarl, 00:11.027 (9); 11. 7S-Jason Sides, 00:11.076 (14); 12. 2C-Wayne Johnson, 00:11.171 (7); 13. 19-Paige Polyak, 00:11.346 (4); 14. 2K-Kevin Ingle, 00:11.496 (8); 15. 20A-Jordan Adams, 00:11.535 (11); 16. 14T-Tim Estenson, 00:11.546 (3); 17. 05-Colin Smith, 00:11.588 (17); 18. 101-Chuck McGillivray, 00:11.629 (16); 19. 11XS-Donovan Peterson, 00:11.808 (6).
NOS Energy Drink Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson, 00:10.725 (3); 2. 41-David Gravel, 00:10.737 (4); 3. 14-Parker Price Miller, 00:10.778 (7); 4. 18-Giovanni Scelzi, 00:10.891 (18); 5. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 00:10.912 (16); 6. 49-Brad Sweet, 00:10.989 (19); 7. 33M-Mason Daniel, 00:11.004 (17); 8. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 00:11.049 (13); 9. 13-Sammy Swindell, 00:11.094 (6); 10. 15-Donny Schatz, 00:11.145 (9); 11. 2KS-Matt Juhl, 00:11.173 (5); 12. 3-Tim Kaeding, 00:11.196 (8); 13. 83-Daryn Pittman, 00:11.203 (12); 14. 28-Scott Bogucki, 00:11.205 (1); 15. 24-Terry McCarl, 00:11.274 (2); 16. 15M-Bobby Mincer, 00:11.312 (11); 17. 35-Skylar Prochaska, 00:11.419 (15); 18. 44-Chris Martin, 00:11.530 (14); 19. 6-Bill Rose, 00:11.562 (10); 20. (DNS) 6X-Frank Rogers.
MIDWEST SPRINT TOURING SERIES
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 53-Jack Dover (3); 2. 27-Carson McCarl (8); 3. 4J-Lee Grosz (7); 4. 40-Clint Garner (15); 5. 22-Kaleb Johnson (9); 6. 2-Derrik Lusk (13); 7. 17B-Ryan Bickett (2); 8. ACE-Dusty Zomer (6); 9. 10J-Justin Jacobsma (5); 10. 51A-Elliot Amdahl (12); 11. 5-Eric Lutz (4); 12. 12-Troy Schreurs (21); 13. 11X-Gregg Bakker (14); 14. 50-Chase Viebrock (16); 15. 15C-Carter Chevalier (18); 16. 4-Cody Hansen (20); 17. 23X-John Lambertz (17); 18. 17-Lee Goos Jr (23); 19. 31A-CJ Johnson (22); 20. 20-Brant O'Banion (19); 21. (DNF) 75-Tommy Barber (10); 22. (DNF) 20G-Chris Graf (1); 23. (DNF) 88-Travis Reber (11); 24. (DNF) 14-Jody Rosenboom (24).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4J-Lee Grosz (2); 2. 10J-Justin Jacobsma (5); 3. 75-Tommy Barber (1); 4. 2-Derrik Lusk (4); 5. 88-Travis Reber (7); 6. 23X-John Lambertz (6); 7. (DNF) 17-Lee Goos Jr (3); 8. (DNF) 14-Jody Rosenboom (8).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 20G-Chris Graf (1); 2. 27-Carson McCarl (3); 3. 53-Jack Dover (6); 4. 11X-Gregg Bakker (2); 5. 40-Clint Garner (4); 6. 50-Chase Viebrock (7); 7. 15C-Carter Chevalier (8); 8. 31A-CJ Johnson (5).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Eric Lutz (1); 2. 17B-Ryan Bickett (2); 3. ACE-Dusty Zomer (3); 4. 22-Kaleb Johnson (5); 5. 51A-Elliot Amdahl (7); 6. 4-Cody Hansen (4); 7. 20-Brant O'Banion (8); 8. 12-Troy Schreurs (6).
UP NEXT –
Sept. 18-19 for the DeKalb/Asgrow Power Series Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores featuring the Midwest Sprint Touring Series and the Midwest Power Series as well as RaceSaver Sprints
MEDIA LINKS –
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HUSET’S SPEEDWAY –
Huset’s Speedway is a dirt oval located in Brandon, S.D. The track opened in 1954 and has undergone a large renovation within the last few years, making it a premier destination for both marquee racing events and weekly programs.
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